Stixsmaster: To put it simple...many dont understand it is just a game...and even if they think they do the jump back to the incident with the Columbine shooting where many assumed the kids from that were influenced by Doom which turned out to be bogus in the end...
So yea...it is just a game...
Now yes it is the most violent/controversial game ever made...well besides Postal 3, which btw from vids I have seen is going to be 10x better...
Oyea and I got Postal 2 + expansion from the main site...at the prices I think they should really be sold at...along with the first...

antihippie: I think if you read the reviews and comments you'll find that people such as myself aren't arguing against Postal because its violent. From someone who enjoyed Postal 2, a game that took the violence to a completely new level, that would be a difficult argument to make. The problem is that it's monotonous, plot-less and overly simplistic. It's not even a decent time waster, as it failed to draw me in, or even provide a significant challenge. That is of course my opinion, but it's an educated one from having played the game when it first came out.
Claiming that people here don't like it because it's too violent or over the top, or because they're "uptight" is flailing at the same old straw-man that RWS themselves use to defend the product, which is simply if Congress didn't like it than it must be good. Sorry, but I don't get subversive thrills from playing a boring game simply because its violent.

antihippie: Claiming that people here don't like it because it's too violent or over the top, or because they're "uptight" is flailing at the same old straw-man that RWS themselves use to defend the product, which is simply if Congress didn't like it than it must be good. Sorry, but I don't get subversive thrills from playing a boring game simply because its violent.

antihippie: Claiming that people here don't like it because it's too violent or over the top, or because they're "uptight" is flailing at the same old straw-man that RWS themselves use to defend the product, which is simply if Congress didn't like it than it must be good. Sorry, but I don't get subversive thrills from playing a boring game simply because its violent.

antihippie: Really? It's just me? I suggest you read the reviews. Every negative review mentions that it's "pointless," "mindless," and a "time waster." Other than a scattered post on the forum the complaints aren't that it's violent, but that the violence is a mask for ultimately played out and pointless game-play.
Also it's pretty hilarious that you say my opinion is irrelevant, when the title of this thread is a question as to why people dislike Postal. Seeing what was being posted here, I thought it was important to set the record strait, given the evidence posted in the reviews. The standard argument being presented that it's not a bad game, but that some uptight people are scared off by the violence, or by the pronouncements of uptight Congressmen. My argument, is not that the violence is the problem. It's the fact that violence and sadism are used to mask a boring game. The violence becomes an excuse to defend and promote what is not even a run of the mill shooter.
I've always been curious as to why people feel the need to defend Postal so vehemently, and always with the same straw man. If it is "my opinion" as you say, then it's value is inherent and doesn't require your reply. I wonder, if there isn't some niggling doubt in the back of your mind, that just makes you yell that much louder.
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You may dislike the game for your own reasons, but many other people--including a few people here--actually dislike it because it is violent and sadistic. That means the OP is not addressing a straw man, he is just not addressing you. Whether you find the game boring or not is irrelevant to the present discussion. I also played the game when it came out and enjoyed it as a game. It's no masterpiece, but I had fun with it. If you didn't, well, so what? There's nothing very interesting about that.

GideonB: Yeah, my question explains it all. The game really isn't that bad, just a bit sadistic, and you can turn off the sound and skip the cutscenes. Really this is just an attempt to make politicians go mental and in my view just for that, I commend GOG for actually adding this game to their game list. Sure it isn't a good idea, but what's really wrong with a game where you shoot humans and anyone you want to go through to the next level. Pretty much every game you kill humans and the only difference is which race/gender/age/level of retardation thanks to poorly coded AI, but come on, this game is just shock horror violence. Not much to see, but since I bought it, after reading what some politician said, then playing the game, it's just to scare you and make you think the game is horrible.
Either way, it's your choice if you hate it, think it's crap or not but it's not a bad game. Just a game made to be bad, like Duke Nukem except replace the dancing girl riding a scarf with massacaring an entire country! (and then your local Wal-mart (ASDA))